Czechoslovak reproduction vase, any idea of the maker?

Slama & Co.
Take a look at this thread:
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/czech-pottery-praying-lady-bust.6912/

Why do you say it's a reproduction?

 

I think it is lovely.

I was wondering the same.

 

I said that because it looks like ancient pottery from like Greece. Ive seen quite a few of those pieces that are sold by museums and such. So I figured thats what it was..

 

I don't really see Ancient Greek ceramics. It looks very mid-century to me, and a genuine piece, imo.

 

I'd date it earlier - deco period - but agree that it's not a reproduction of anything ancient. The color scheme has that background and no doubt whoever painted this was aware of it, but they worked in a modern idiom.

 

It's Greek-influenced, but it's more homage than imitation. Nice piece in its own right.

 

thanks everyone for explaining that.

 

I first considered Art Deco, also because of the deer, a favourite Deco subject. But something about the stylisation made me think mid-century. I could be wrong.
Maybe a Slama aficionado will come along with a definitive answer.

 

According to the info in that other thread, Slama moved from Czecho to Vienna in 1948. But Art Deco, as a style, kind of skipped WWII. Lots of Deco themed stuff was produced post war (and that's not taking into account the various revivals since).

 

oh so its more like the Boch Freres stuff from the 1920s and 1930s. I picked up a pair of Chas. Catteau vases and flipped them very quickly. Stuff is very popular. I dont think these Czech ones have the same marketability though.

 

No, I don't think they are particularly well-painted, but who knows: maybe a certain provincialism was what they were going for.

 

True, it did.

 

The factories wanted to get things into production ASAP after the War, and they had designs on the shelf from when the War started. Once materials were available they produced the designs since new styles hadn't been created yet. That's what happened in the USA anyway, and I'd imagine in Czechoslovakia too to get some money flowing in.